Fabulor hit level 57 last week, which means the long agony of endless Blackrock Depths runs is finally almost over! Truly, this was reason to celebrate! So Fabulor headed to the Auction House to treat himself to some shiny new gear.

One of the nicest things about level 57 is that there are always a few Outlands drops that you can already use, despite not being high enough level to actually go to Outlands yet. And these items almost always have vastly superior stats to Vanilla-level gear.

Well, Fabulor was thrilled to discover an amazing new offhand upgrade that replaced a shield he'd been carrying around since Razorfen Kraul. The new item had more Intellect and a healthy chunk of Crit to boot! It was a no-brainer.

Oh, and it's also a flower.

Not seen in those stats is the automatic +15 to SEX APPEAL.

That's right. No more would Fabulor have to lug around an ugly, heavy hunk of steel on his arm like some sort of menial grunt! Now he could maintain his gentlemanly mystique and allure even in the heat of battle.

Normally I would be the first to argue that any Paladin that doesn't carry a shield is DOING IT WRONG(tm), but in the case of Fabulor, I don't think there is any singe piece of gear that is more appropriate for his fabulous-ness.

My BE Paladin thoroughly agrees. Her last shield was Rattlecage's Buckler from Scholomance; she ditched it in favor of Kreeg's Mug from Dire Maul, then replaced that with someone or other's Scepter from BWD. Hey, the other items had better stats, and looked better, too!

My Mage currently has a Dreamseeker Dandelion equipped, but I think I've got another one in the bank somewhere....